Johannesburg - The judicial inquiry into the shooting at
Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana resumes in Rustenburg on Monday.
Evidence leaders would present post mortem reports and other
formal evidence, including a ballistics report. Legal teams would be given the
chance to question the evidence, and crime scene experts would also testify.
The commission said that because of the large volume of
material involved it was not possible to predict the pace of the proceedings.
The commission, which is chaired by retired judge Ian
Farlam, was postponed earlier this month.
Family members of those killed arrived at the Rustenburg
Civic Centre on Monday for the judicial inquiry into the shooting at the Lonmin
Platinum mine.
National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega was sitting with
observers and media inside the auditorium.
Advocates and lawyers were seated on the stage waiting for
commission chair retired judge Ian Farlam to arrive.
Thirty-four Lonmin miners were killed and 78 were wounded
when the police opened fire on them during a protest in Marikana on August 16.
On Monday evidence leaders would present post mortem reports
and other formal evidence, including a ballistics report. Legal teams would be
given the chance to question the evidence, and crime scene experts would also
testify.
The commission said that because of the large volume of
material involved it was not possible to predict the pace of the proceedings.
Blue and orange banners were erected outside the entrance to
the civic centre and inside advertising the commission with the tag line
"committed to finding the truth in the interest of restoration and
justice".